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    Ford 960 Rear Axle Studds!

    steamnjn23 I don't know how to post picture here by I will try to explain what you want to know if you will tell me what you need! Thank You!
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    Ford 960 Rear Axle Studds!

    A friend of mine has a 1957 Ford 960 that had carried a 2 row mounted corn picker for many years. He found the tractor setting in a barn that was falling down talked to the owner and bought it as is for $800.00. The reason it was parked was because over the years the left axle housing where the...
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    I have a Fordson Dexta 3 cyl diesel, Sims Pump 1963?

    I spoke with the Old Man in Kentucky at Rolling Acres Tractor Shop. He has a Fordson at his shop that was pulled out of a woods where it sat many years. He said to pull the plug on the pump and check to see if the pump has fuel in it fill the pump with ATF and clean diesel. Then take a suction...
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    Raised his Shop Rate!!!!!!!!!!

    I stopped in at Rolling Acres Tractor Repair out side Dycusburg Ky. today and noticed he raised his shop rate to $22.50 per hour and his farm calls to $30.00 trip fee! I asked him why he raised his shop rate he told me it is going to cost a lot more for heat and lights this winter! But he is...
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    Is it a Good Deal?

    Saturday I stopped in at Rolling Acres Tractor Repair just out side Dycusburg Ky and Talked to the the old man there about getting my H re-rung. The old man said he charges $550.00 labor for H re-ring, and $650.00 labor for M's. I asked him what the difference was between a re-ring special and...
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    WD smoking out valve cover?

    When working my WD last week all the sudden it starting huffing blue smoke out of the valve cover breather! No noises, no loss of power,, no oil pressure problem it did not get hot! Stop checked every thing. Started it back up same thing pull the oil fill cap no smoke out of it? Runs ok but...
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    Auction 460 at the Old man Tractor repair Shop

    Yes the Old man is in his mid 60's and he worked for a Ford dealership and An IH Dealership. He tells the story The Ford Dealer closed up and so he moved to IH. Then IH went to Case IH and it just was not right so he retired and opened his own shop. When you talk with him about his wife's...
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    Auction 460 at the Old man Tractor repair Shop

    Just to let you know his posted rate is $ 22.50 per hour but he charges only what he feels is fair. The Old man told my friend can't charge a whole lot when working with something that you don't know if it will live or not. Everyone that has old tractors should take them to him and help keep him...
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    Auction 460 at the Old man Tractor repair Shop

    Yesterday a friend and I took a run down non running 460 Farmall that he bought at an auction Saturday to the Old mans shop north of Eddyville Ky. When we got there the Old man came out and looked at it and asked us what were we wanting to do with it. My friend told him he bought it for $670.00...
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    The Old Man at Eddyville Ky Tractor shop!

    The Old man is near Dycusburg on highway 902. He does good work and is always trying to save me and my friends money!
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    The Old Man at Eddyville Ky Tractor shop!

    For all that wants or needs to know the Old man that has the little tractor shop north of Eddyville Ky. has opened his shop back up his wife is doing better now. I stopped in to talk to him about my tractor and asked what his plans for the shop was. He said he will be working around his wife...
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    WD rear axle bearing Replacement?

    Has anyone replaced a outer rear axle bearing in a WD? I have the snap ring off the bull gear slid all the way over and can not get the axle out. I tried to separate the bull gear housing from the axle tube and can not get it off either. How do you get to the bearings? Thanks!
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    Clunk in rear wheel?

    I traded for a 1950 WD the man that I got it from said it was ready to go to the field. Well I Fixed a lot of problems on the tractor. I went to hook to the hay rake and went to make a turn and had a loud clunk sound in the rear wheel as I eased back to the barn the clunk noise happened 4 more...
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    Dexta rear main seal?

    what all does one need to do to change the rear main seal in a Dexta? How long should it take? Thanks!
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    Dexta Oil Pressure Problems!

    I bought a 1959 Fordson Dexta off a Dealers back lot it had been setting there a few years. He said it was a trade in and he had no Idea what all it needed. Well I plunked down my $350.00 and he had a worker help load it on the trailer. I got it home put a battery in it Checked the water and oil...
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